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Examples of underworld in a Sentence
a magazine article taking an insightful look at the underworld inhabited by street people
Recent Examples of underworld from the Web
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That shift proved decisive—not just for the criminal underworld but the country as a whole, perhaps even for the world.
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Demeter searches the earth for her daughter, Persephone, who has been taken into the underworld.
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Valdez-Villareal made his name in the drug underworld as a hitman, authorities say.
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The hourlong drama will explore themes of gender, politics, power and life in the underworld.
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Most of us who live and operate in the culinary underworld are in some fundamental way dysfunctional.
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Most of us who live and operate in the culinary underworld are in some fundamental way dysfunctional.
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Like a female Odysseus, Emer goes to her Oracle, her underworld: the New York City subway system, to show her worth in battle, to find her own power and destiny, and to fight for love.
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That project was first announced in 2005 and would have been set in the underworld of the galactic capital, Coruscant, sometime between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope.
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First Known Use of underworld
1598
UNDERWORLD Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of underworld for English Language Learners
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: the world of crime and criminals
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the underworld : the place where dead people go in Greek myths
UNDERWORLD Defined for Kids
Definition of underworld for Students
: the world of crime
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